Chinook <chinook.nr < at > tds.net>
wrote the following on Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:38:49 -0400
I would like to checkout rdiff-backup usage on Mac OS X (10.4.2)
1) Are there any other such users out there?
Well not me but I think there are some :)
2) I want to use the full functionality but there are two limitations,
namely ACLs and EAs. The various port packages have "librsync" included
as a dependency but do not include pylibacl and pyxattr.
2a) EA support: supposedly with "pyxattr" recognized, but in Mac OS
X the proper module is "xattr" which I have in my pythonmac 2.4.1
installation (/usr/local/) and in the DarwinPorts environment
(/opt/local/). Other than my PATH variable, how do I get
rdiff-backup to recognize "xattr?"
2b) ACL support: supposedly with "pylibacl" recognized, but I can't
find any such thing for Darwin. The "standard" download setup.py
checks for Linux and Free-BSD only and quits. Having looked (with
my limited understanding) at the Carbon "FPGetACL" which pylibacl
would, I believe, have to get down to, I'm not adventurous enough to
just add Darwin to the setup.py. Is there any merit in pursuing
this aspect?
For EAs, rdiff-backup looks for the "xattr" module, as provided by the
pyxattr package. For ACL support, rdiff-backup looks for the
"posix1e" package, as provided by the pylibacl package. There are
links to these packages on the homepage.
I have no idea whether Mac OS X supports ACLs or user EAs at all, and
if it does, whether the pyxattr and pylibacl packages are Mac OS X
compatible. If you have questions specifically about these modules
though, you may want to ask the modules' author or mailing list.
--
Ben Escoto
